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Art and Culture Finds Its Place in Whistler

Poetry readings, art battles in nightclubs, ski and snowboard-centric Photography Showdowns, Orchestras inthe Plaza, sculptures, writing workshops, spray-painted train wrecks in the forest, occasional outbursts of knitting graffiti. Whistler’s Cultural Renaissance might have found its most exciting premises with the forthcoming Audain Art Museum, a world-class collection of Canadian and First Nations art, due to open in 2015, but it’s not the only place to experience the art, culture and inspiration that anchors Whistler’s wild side.

Audain Art Museum

Canada’s newest art museum opened to the public March 12, 2016. Open six days a week (closed Tuesdays) viewing hours are from 10 AM to 5 PM with extended hours to 9 PM on Thursdays and Fridays. The world-class permanent collection featuring prominent Canadian artists is on display alongside the temporary summer exhibition, Masterworks from the Beaverbrook Art Gallery.

Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre

It’s an Aboriginal Museum, a showcase of living culture, and a multiple award winning facility that is constantly ranked as one of Whistler’s most authentic experiences. Talk to people. Make crafts. Touch everything. In winter, you can even get out into the forest with a special cultural snowshoe tour.

Fine Art Galleries

When you need a change of pace explore the art galleries. Masterfully crafted sculptures, masks, and painting invite quiet contemplation and offer visual inspiration on a more contained scale. The addition of the Audain Art Museum is just one more reason to take a cultural interlude in the mountains.

ArtWalk

When Artwalk rolls into town, it turns all available wall space in cafes, restaurants, banks, even real estate offices, into an art invasion that you can stumble upon as you grab a latte or trace through the Village on your own meandering art-quest. On throughout the fall, it is great opportunity to discover new artists and take a piece of authentic Whistler art home.

Whistler Museum

Discover how a small remote valley came to be one of the most famous resorts in the world. The Museum shows equal appreciation for pioneers, resort builders Olympians and black bears, as visiting kids who want to go through the tickle trunk and hold an Olympic torch.

The Point Artist-Run Centre

The historic Cypress Lodge on Alta Lake and former Youth Hostel has been reclaimed as a community-run art space, a haven for grassroots creative programming, with one of the best docks and lakeside views in all of Whistler. Walk, bike, or paddle to the site to take in live music performances, readings, exhibits and summer camps.

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